What are the common locations of Black fungus ?

2 min readMay 23, 2021

1-Introduction:

Now a days a common term “Black fungus” is very popular across the globe, specially in India.
It is very common in those patients, who are either suffering or recovered from covid-19.
It is a rare kind of fungal infection affecting 1 in 10,00000 people, with overall mortality rate around 50 percent.
This deadly fungal infection is growing very rapidly in susceptible patients in India.
Over the last 10 years, doctors have not seen enough cases of black fungus in India.
In last 30 days, thousands of black fungus cases have been reported in India.
It consumes a lot of resources especially during this pandemic right now in India, where healthcare assets are extended at limit.

Mucormycosis (also known as zygomycetes) is a serious but unusual fungal infection caused by a group of molds (a type of fungal thread) called mucormycetes.
It comes under the scientific biological category popularly known as mucorales.
The most common types that are responsible for mucormycosis are Rhizopus and Mucor species.
Such type of these fungi of mucormycosis typically occur in person, who have health problems or get medicines, that lower the body’s ability to fight against germs and sickness.
Though the common cause of mucormycosis is usually a fungal infection, but some of the other causes are: Fungal spore containing water and food, poor hygiene, humidity and poor ventilation
These types of infection are sometimes more difficult to diagnose due to the location of the flare-up site.

Person get mucormycosis, when they come in contact with the fungal spores present in the environment.
If someone inhales spores from the air, infection spreads through sinus and lungs in the body.
Mucormycosis can also develop on the skin, when fungus enters the skin through a cut, burn, scrape, or any skin trauma.

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